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All burn permits in Osage County are suspended for today, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, due to high fire danger. This is a no burn day with no outside burning allowed in Osage County. The permit suspension will be in effect until 8 a.m. Feb. 17, 2018, but is expected to be extended due to the forecast of high fire danger through Saturday and Sunday. www.osagecountyonline.com/archives/28765... See MoreSee Less

All burn permits in Osage County are suspended for today, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, due to very high fire danger. This is a no burn day with no outside burning allowed in Osage County. The permit suspens...

Simmons Point Station in western Douglas County, shown here in a 2012 photo by Wendi Bevitt, was a point of interest along the Santa Fe Trail that two cross-country trekkers likely stopped to see during their walking trip in 1915.When Smith and Miller started following the Santa Fe Trail, they also met with the citizens of Burlingame, Kan., to promote a then ongoing nationwide good roads campaign.Read more about these adventurers in Wendi's latest Hidden History of Osage County:www.osagecountyonline.com/archives/28723... See MoreSee Less

One pedestrian was killed and another injured after being struck by a car on Interstate 35 Saturday evening, as icy roads caused many accidents in the area during a short time period.According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Robert Groh, 49, of Raymore, Mo., died after being hit by a 2001 Saturn driven by Taylor Walker, 24, Kalamazoo, Mich. KHP reported that about 5:45 p.m. Feb. 10, 2018, Walker was south bound on I-35 near mile 164.8 or 2.2 miles east of South Paulen Road, when the vehicle left the road due to ice and struck the two pedestrians and a 2005 Ford 2005 E150 parked in the median.The Osage County Sheriff’s Office reported the two pedestrians were struck while assisting with a rollover accident that had occurred around 5:40 p.m. at that location.www.osagecountyonline.com/archives/28720... See MoreSee Less

Well, the long dreary winter days are upon us. Sometimes it just feels like winter will never end. Even though we have been lucky with few icy or snowy days it can still be gray and lonely. All of us ...

The Frontier Extension District is accepting applications for a full-time 4-H Program Assistant in the Garnett office. Significant experience in a youth development organization is required. Applicants must also have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, have access to a personal vehicle and maintain a valid, Kansas Driver’s License. Some overnight travel and evening and weekend work may be required. For information on how to apply and a position description, go to www.frontierdistrict.ksu.edu or call 785-828-4438. Applications must be received by Feb. 28, 2018. Position start date is April 1, 2018.www.osagecountyonline.com/archives/28699... See MoreSee Less

The Frontier Extension District is accepting applications for a full-time 4-H Program Assistant in the Garnett office. Significant experience in a youth development organization is required. Applicant...

The Kansas Supreme Court issued an opinion today that James Kraig Kahler’s arguments in his appeal of his death sentence did not warrant overturning his convictions or death sentence.The Supreme Court affirmed Kahler’s Osage County District Court jury trial convictions of aggravated burglary and capital murder for fatally shooting his wife, Karen Kahler, his wife’s grandmother, Dorothy Wight, and his two teenage daughters, Emily and Lauren. The crimes occurred Nov. 28, 2009, at Wight’s home at Burlingame, Kan.www.osagecountyonline.com/archives/28693... See MoreSee Less